Monroe woman stole art off wall of County Courthouse

Amanda Lou Packard, 56, of Monroe County, is charged with stealing a piece of art off the wall inside a county administration building earlier this month.

Amanda Lou Packard, 56, of Monroe County, is charged with stealing a piece of art off the wall inside a county administration building earlier this month. (Monroe County District Attorney's Office, Submitted photo)

A 56-year-old Canadensis woman left Monroe County Court this month with two purchased dog licenses and one stolen painting, according to police.

Amanda Lou Packard of the 200 block of Mozzette Road is charged with theft of removable property.

Packard went to the Monroe County Administration Building at 1 Quaker Plaza in Stroudsburg on March 6 to purchase two dog licenses, according to the Monroe County district attorney's office. Nearly two weeks later county employees noticed an oil painting missing from a wall across from the voter registration office.

Investigators reviewed building surveillance and saw a woman removing the painting from the wall. Officials released the video to the public and the woman was identified, police said. Within hours of the video's release, Packard was captured on surveillance video returning to the administration building and placing the stolen painting on the floor in a vestibule, officials said.

Amanda Lou Packard

Monroe County District Attorney's Office, Submitted photo

Amanda Lou Packard, 56, of Canadensis, Monroe County, is charged with stealing a piece of art off the wall inside a county administration building earlier this month.

Amanda Lou Packard, 56, of Canadensis, Monroe County, is charged with stealing a piece of art off the wall inside a county administration building earlier this month. (Monroe County District Attorney's Office, Submitted photo)

County employees recovered the painting a short time later, according to the district attorney's office.